Parameters

blockHeight

string

The block height.

encoding

string

The encoding format to use. It can be either hex or json. Defaults is set to hex

Returns

block

string

The block data retrieved by height

encoding

string

Indicates that the block data is encoded in hexadecimal format

Request

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curl --location --request POST https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data-raw '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "method": "avm.getBlockByHeight",
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  "params": {}
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}'

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curl --location --request POST https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data-raw '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "method": "avm.getBlockByHeight",
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  "params": {}
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}'

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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const params = {};
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  const result = await provider.send("avm.getBlockByHeight", params);
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  console.log(result);
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})();
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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const params = {};
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  const result = await provider.send("avm.getBlockByHeight", params);
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  console.log(result);
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})();
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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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params = {}
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request = w3.provider.make_request('avm.getBlockByHeight', [params])
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print(request)

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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params = {}
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request = w3.provider.make_request('avm.getBlockByHeight', [params])
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print(request)

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